National Sports

VANCOUVER — The Vancouver Whitecaps have made Serbian centre back Ranko Veselinovic a member of the club long term.

RICHMOND, Va. — Phil Mickelson likes to play aggressively and found the PGA Tour Champions' stop at The Country Club of Virginia the perfect place to begin his preparations for the Masters.

TORONTO — Joe Thornton had plenty of conversations concerning the next, and perhaps final, step in his illustrious NHL career.

TORONTO — Inside Toronto FC's training centre, one wall of the two-storey entrance hall is covered with an array of team photos. Another has cubbyholes cut into it to showcase the team's trophies. Hoisting hardware is what the MLS team is all about.

COLOGNE, Germany — Alexander Zverev ended his 17-month wait for a title by drawing on the pain of his U.S. Open final defeat to beat Canada's Felix Auger-Aliassime 6-3, 6-3 and win the Cologne Indoors on Sunday.

LAS VEGAS — Russell Henley left everyone in his wake with three straight birdies to start the back nine, pivotal in turning a four-shot deficit into a three-shot lead by the end of the day in the CJ Cup at Shadow Creek.

CHICAGO — Djordje Mihailovic scored on the final play of the game to help the Chicago Fire tie Sporting Kansas City 2-2 on Saturday.

HARRISON, N.J. — The Montreal Impact earned an important win as they kept their hopes for a playoff berth alive.

RICHMOND, Va. — The other left-handed, 50-year-old former Masters champion was on top after a long Saturday at The Country Club of Virginia.

ARLINGTON, Texas — Ian Anderson doesn’t remember the last time the Atlanta Braves were in a Game 7. That’s because the 22-year-old rookie right-hander wasn’t born yet.